Tag: Nepal
Pope Francis offers condolences after 69 die in Nepal plane crash
The pope sent a condolence telegram to Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Jan. 16
At least 67 killed in Nepal plane crash
Six children were among those on board the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft when it plummeted into a steep gorge
Silent no more: Nepal’s wartime rape survivors demand recognition
Critics say Nepal's truth and reconciliation process has been poorly designed from the outset and plagued by chronic funding shortfalls
Living the reality of contradictions
Contradictions in the world should not deprive us of the truth that our human rights is universal, inviolable, and inalienable
Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
Experts say that they were victims of ever-more unpredictable and extreme weather across South Asia in recent years
Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage
Hundreds of fires have been spreading across the country since November, in the worst wildfire season seen in a decade
Nepal’s ‘culture of impunity’ needs to end, rights groups say
Gov't had mostly failed to act against suspected abusers of human rights, despite being informed of commission’s findings
Indigenous families forcefully evicted from settlement in Nepal
Amnesty International said that this incident is the second such attack that Nepal’s indigenous peoples have faced in two months.
Caritas helps rescue young Nepalese trafficking victims
Thousands of women and girls from Nepal are trafficked to India and elsewhere for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation each year
Nepal has failed to live up to human rights commitments, group...
Human Rights Watch said Himalayan country had earlier agreed to address a whole range of issues, but claim none have been tackled